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cloven hoof en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. A divided hoof, as on bovine animals.
    • 6. Chileſe Horſe.—1. Equus biſulcus. 6. / Has cloven hoofs. Molin. hiſt. nat. Chil. 284. / Inhabits South America.—This obſcure quadruped, which is only mentioned by Molina, frequents the precipitous and rocky mountains of the Andes or Cordellieras; in ſize, number and arrangement of teeth, and in general appearance, it reſembles the Horſe, for which reaſon it is placed by Dr Gmelin in this genus, though its cloven hoofs are ſimilar to thoſe of the animals belonging to the former order: […] 1792, Robert Kerr, The Animal Kingdom, or Zoological System, of the Celebrated Sir Charles Linnæus. Class I. Mammalia: […], Edinburgh: […] A[ndrew] Strahan, and T[homas] Cadell, London; and W[illiam] Creech, Edinburgh, page 346:
  2. The mark of the Devil.
    • Children of the cloven hooves / Bathe the cross in your father's blood 2020, “Seeing God”, performed by The Acacia Strain and Aaron Heard:

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cloven hoofs Number=Plur lexicographic
cloven hooves Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

show the cloven hoof

Relateds

cloven-hoofed

Synonyms

cleft hoof · cloven foot

Translations (19)

ga crúb scoilte (mark of the Devil) · ru раздвоенное копыто (divided hoof, as on bovine animals) · de Pferdefuß (mark of the Devil) · de Klaue (divided hoof, as on bovine animals) · ca unglot (divided hoof, as on bovine animals) · fi sorkka (divided hoof, as on bovine animals) · uk роздво́єне копи́то́ (divided hoof, as on bovine animals) · tr çatal tırnak (divided hoof, as on bovine animals) · ga crúb scoilte (divided hoof, as on bovine animals) · izh sorkka (divided hoof, as on bovine animals) · cy carn fforchog (divided hoof, as on bovine animals) · sk ratica (divided hoof, as on bovine animals) · tr yarık tırnak (divided hoof, as on bovine animals) · hu hasított pata (divided hoof, as on bovine animals) · nn klauv (divided hoof, as on bovine animals) · tr çift tırnak (divided hoof, as on bovine animals) · fi pukinsorkka (mark of the Devil) · hu hasadt pata (divided hoof, as on bovine animals) · pl racica (divided hoof, as on bovine animals)